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afflictive

[uh-flik-tiv]

adjective

characterized by or causing pain, distress, or grief; distressing.

Origin:
1605–15; afflict + -ive

Related forms

af·flic·tive·ly, adverb

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afflict (əˈflɪkt)

—vb
	(tr) to cause suffering or unhappiness to; distress greatly

[C14: from Latin afflictus, past participle of afflīgere to knock against, from flīgere to knock, to strike]

af'flictive

—*adj*

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